Norm and Angel Poorman

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Norm Poorman greets his old friend, Moses, a longhorn that roams freely throughout Poorman's land on the site of the former World War II training base, Camp Barkeley. Poorman and his wife, Angel, have worked for the past eight years to transform Camp Barkeley into a new kind of training ground, one to prepare missionaries for their work or provide a place of restoration after service.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News A herd of cattle keep missionaries company as they rest after service at a retreat center owned by Norm and Angel Poorman in Buffalo Gap.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Angel Poorman took portable buildings formerly used by school districts and renovated them to house missionaries. Angel and Norm Poorman house missionaries in the buildings on their land in Buffalo Gap, which used to be Camp Barkeley.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Norm Poorman lets his cattle roam throughout the retreat center he has designed with his wife, Angel, to house missionaries on their property in Buffalo Gap.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Angel Poorman and her husband, Norm Poorman, designed and decorated the facilities on their property used by missionaries with Iris Global.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Angel Poorman and her husband, Norm Poorman, designed and decorated the facilities on their property used by missionaries with Iris Global.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Angel Poorman and her husband, Norm Poorman, designed and decorated the facilities on their property used by missionaries with Iris Global.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News The recreation centr inside a retreat center designed by Angel and Norm Poorman used by missionaries with Iris Global.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Angel and Norm Poorman have built a new retreat center filled with sleeping space, a recreation room, a full kitchen and a prayer room for missionaries to stay before or after their service.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Angel and Norm Poorman have built a new retreat center with a full kitchen to house missionaries with Iris Global.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News A master guest bedroom inside the retreat center designed by Angel and Norm Poorman used by missionaries with Iris Global.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Angel and Norm Poorman at the firing range used to train soldiers in World War II at Camp Barkeley. Now the Poorman's own the 1,000-acre site and use it to house missionaries.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Angel and Norm Poorman walk through the firing range used to train soldiers in World War II at Camp Barkeley. Now the Poorman's own the 1,000-acre site and use it to house missionaries.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Discarded shells used for target practice at Camp Barkeley, a World War II Army base located southwest of Abilene, are preserved at the site which is now used as a housing area for missionaries to rest and recover.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News The dining hall used by thousands of soldiers in World War II at Camp Barkeley still stands today, it has been restored and is used by guests living on the 1,000-acre site under the care of Norm and Angel Poorman.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News A 15-foot celtic cross is secured on the top of the mesa where Norm and Angel Poorman hold worship services on the same property that used to be Camp Barkeley in Buffalo Gap.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Angel Poorman gave a 15-foot celtic cross to her husband, Norm, for his 40th birthday. The cross sits atop a mesa where an American flag once flew at Camp Barkeley in Buffalo Gap.

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Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Angel Poorman walks through the threshing floor on top of the mesa that her husband, Norm Poorman, designed based on what he saw in a dream.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Norm Poorman designed a threshing floor on top of the mesa near a gazebo that serves as a house of prayer. Poorman said God gave him the design in a dream.